The data compiled by researchers at
insurance comparison site reveals that they used TV and movie listings from the
internet movie database (IMDB) that were photographed on locations which broke
down productions by filming locations.
Toronto is seen to be the most filmed
city by Los Angeles, New York and London following behind. Vancouver comes in
fifth and has 4110 listings while Toronto has 5737, Montreal comes on the 13th
in the list.
In fact, the data shows Canada is the
third-most-filmed country in the IMDb database, behind only the U.S. and U.K.
The researchers also ranked the
campus of the University of British Columbia which lies to be the ninth most
filmed location in the world, the central park of New York is the most filmed
then comes Venice beach in the Los Angeles and New York Greenwich Village.
The results could shrink if there are
other parts of the world that are underrepresented in the data base.
"It
seems to be a combination of the incredible variety of landscapes and
buildings, tax incentives and the cheaper Canadian dollar," a spokesperson for
GoCompare said.
Why are
Canadian cities considered to be attractive place for filming?
Tax incentives have been provided by
Canadian provinces to bring Hollywood film and TV production and in recent
years many US states have been bought similar financial incentives.
Canada’s industry has seen a very
strong growth recently and is proving to break the records by not decreasing
the momentum. Canadian media producers says Canada clocked a record high $ 8.38
billion.
Vancouver’s screen production
increased by 35 % from the previous year which helped British Columbia the most
popular place to shoot in Canada and defeating Ontario for the first time
according to the Quebec film and television council, Quebec recorded a 39 %
jump in foreign productions in 2017
The bang in Canada’s industry has a
little to do with the sudden explosion of content production in the US, but it was made
possible to expand further by streaming services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu.
The television industry supported the equivalent
of 17100 full time jobs in Canada however it made Canada’s economy rise to $236
billion.
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